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11/13/2013

Spike Lee sued for tweeting the wrong address in trying to get people to attack George Zimmerman

What was Spike Lee's intent when he tweeted: “I don’t give a f— what you think kill that Bitch. HERE GO HIS ADDRESS, LET THE HUNGER GAMES BEGIN”? Encouraging violence against anyone, particularly a completely innocent party is very scary. From Variety:

Spike Lee
has been sued by an elderly couple in Florida, whose address he
incorrectly identified as the home of Trayvon Martin killer George
Zimmerman, according to court documents obtained by the Smoking Gun.

The suit claims the “Do the Right Thing” director tweeted out the
Florida address along with George Zimmerman’s name in March 2012 to his
240,000-plus Twitter followers.

“While defendant intended to post the home address of George
Zimmerman, he actually posted the address of plaintiffs Elaine McClain
and David McClain,” the complaint reads.